Biography
The German politician Ursula von der Lyien in December 2019 became the head of the European Commission. Now it is included in the list of 100 most influential people according to Time magazine and has a significant influence in society. Previously, the member of the Christian-Democratic Union of Germany received high positions in the Government of German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel - headed social issues, as well as labor, defense, youth and family.Childhood and youth
Ursula Gertrud von der Lyien was born in the fall of 1958 in the Belgian commune of Elsen in the family of an employee of the European Commission - a prominent German policy of Ernst Albrecht and his wife Adel Stomager.
Father was a descendant of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the past. Grandfather - Baron Ludwig button, rich on cotton trading and received an honorary nobility title from Emperor Alexander II, who ruled Russia in 1855-1881.
Embed from getty imagesOther ancestors were among the North-West Germany, the name Albrecht also wore the American-British great-grandmother and relatives who lived in France, Italy and the current Baltic states.
The girl grew up in the company of numerous sisters and brothers. In childhood she liked to communicate with Uncle - Conductor Georg Alexander Albrecht.
Parents paid close attention to the issues of upbringing and ensured that sons and daughters grew comprehensively developed people. Ursula Gertrude went to a specialized school of European-type in Brussels, and then attended an educational institution in the Lower Saxon Earth.
In 1977, the girl began to study the economy in the University of Göttingen. Then she moved to London - the capital of modern sciences. After a while it became clear that finance was difficult and not interesting, and the German policy had entered the Hannover medical school to become a professional doctor.
Career and politics
After graduating from the university Ursula worked in the hospital, in parallel, she continued to receive education and won the degree of doctor of medicine. In the late 1990s, Ernst Albrecht's daughter took the place of the epidemiology teacher in the Hannover specialized school and became a master's majesther.Political career of a graduate specialist began with joining the Christian-Democratic Union of Germany. Soon the young woman was entrusted with the Government Committees of Lower Saxony, and then elected to the Regional Parliament and made the Minister of Socio-public issues in the team of Christian Wolfe.
In the mid-2000s, the Angela Merkel, who estimated the background der Lyien, instructed the preparation of the draft reform of social support. In the midst of the struggle for the place of the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Ursula was headed by the Delegation of the CDC in the Family Commission. The victory of the Chairman of the Party in the elections brought her fame and responsible ministerial post.
Leading a social block at the highest level, Ursula sought to improve the lives of young people and citizens of old age. Becoming a member of the Bundestag, the graduate of the Hannover Medchkol received another appointment and became the Minister of Labor.
The authority allowed to lobby the interests of the Christian-Democratic Union and nominate their own bills to discuss their own bills. Having achieved a reduction in immigration barriers, von der Lyien signed an agreement with the Government of the Philippines aimed at assisting foreign health workers in employment in Germany.
In 2013, Ursula became the first lady-minister of defense of Germany. Thus, Merkel sought to strengthen the moral spirit and the prestige of the Department covered by the scandal.
The positive responses received the reform of the German army, the Bundeswehr became attractive for recruits and their families. At the national level, a decision was approved to increase defense expenditures due to the growth of tension between Germany and Russia, where the military unit headed General Sergei Shoigu, and the full modernization of the structure of the Armed Forces.
In the summer of 2019, the candidacy von der Lyien nominated the presidency of the European Commission, it became the first woman in modern history that received such a high and responsible position in the international government. Starting the fulfillment of duties, Ursula was resigned from a place in the German Bundestag, her successor became Annegeret Kram Carrenbauer, also representing a Christian-Democratic Union.
The German politician began with the presentation of the Green Transaction project, providing for the transformation of the territory in climatically and an environmentally prosperous continent. In addition, she discussed the meeting of the Norman Four with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of other involved countries.
Personal life
Details of the personal life of the worship of the Russian baron are hidden from the eye of the strangers. In the official biography, it is written that 1986 she married a doctor Haiko von der Lyien from a notable noble family.
Young people who are descendants of entrepreneurs and merchants, met in Göttingen in student class classes. Subsequently, the spouse became a professor of medicine and the Director General of the Medical Engineering Company.
In a happy marriage, seven new European Union citizens appeared. Ursula regularly took maternity leave to raise and educate children.
Embed from getty imagesLutherans who visited the evangelical church traveled a lot around the world. When the husband was invited to head the department at Standford University, the family lived in California. Now the spouses have real estate in major European cities.
Ursula von der Lyien since childhood owned German and French, visiting the UK and America, she learned English.
The main passion policy is equestrian competitions. A woman who in adulthood is not ashamed to appear on the beach in a swimsuit, is, according to acquaintances, a riding master.
Ursula background der Lyien now
2020 turned out to be unpredictable and difficult for politicians of all levels. Pandemic coronavirus infection many knocked out of the rut.
The head of the European Commission, seeking to stabilize the situation, rejected the idea of suspending the Schengen zone of free movement and the introduction of border control around countries with a high concentration of infected, and then apologized to Italy for the lack of support from the European Union.
Embed from getty imagesWhen some EU member states announced the closure of national borders for foreign citizens due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, in the official speech Ursula said that some measures could be justified, but general travel prohibitions are not considered by the World Health Organization as the most effective. Moreover, they have a strong socio-economic impact, destroy the lives of people and business abroad.
In August 2020, the village of Tere Lyien urged the imposition of sanctions against Belarus after the special services in Minsk burly reacted into street protests caused by officially announced the results of the presidential election and the victory of the current head of state Alexander Lukashenko.